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klein -- >> and a moderate. >> and a moderate. >> speaking of which, joe klein, let's go back to 1987 and 1988. i say this all the time. but george h.w. bush. a man revered by almost all now. in '87 and '88 was seen as a joke. a guy who would go out on the campaign trail, look goofy because he was trying to be something that he wasn't. when george h.w. bush read peggy noonan's convention speech, he became himself again, it transformed him, and he beat dukakis. this was mitt romney not trying to be the man of the people. this was mitt romney being who -- an extraordinarily successful guy throughout life. >> i have a general rule about this. warm usually beats cold in these debates. and it was very striking to me, i was watching it on my clock, that it took obama over a half an hour before he mentioned an actual individual human being. everything was abstract. in romney's first answer, he was talking about the person that he just met in milwaukee and another person he met here. romney was actually warmer than obama last night. >> and what a coincidence that he talked about meeting a per
klein -- >> and a moderate. >> and a moderate. >> speaking of which, joe klein, let's go back to 1987 and 1988. i say this all the time. but george h.w. bush. a man revered by almost all now. in '87 and '88 was seen as a joke. a guy who would go out on the campaign trail, look goofy because he was trying to be something that he wasn't. when george h.w. bush read peggy noonan's convention speech, he became himself again, it transformed him, and he beat dukakis. this was mitt...
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andrea mitchell and joe klein are here. and up next, we have the "must-read opinion pages" right here on "morning joe" live from racks downtown eatery in boca. we'll be right back. [ metal rattling ] ♪ hello? boo! i am the ghost of meals past. when you don't use new pam, this is what you get. residue? i prefer food-based phantasm, food-tasm. poultry-geist works too if you used chicken. [ laughs ] resi-doodle-doo. [ female announcer ] bargain brand cooking spray can leave annoying residue. but new pam leaves up to 99% less residue. new pam helps you keep it off. but new pam leaves up to 99% less residue. anncr: every president inherits few have faced so many. four years later... our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. there are still challenges to meet. children to educate. a middle class to rebuild. but the last thing we should do is turn back now. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of an
andrea mitchell and joe klein are here. and up next, we have the "must-read opinion pages" right here on "morning joe" live from racks downtown eatery in boca. we'll be right back. [ metal rattling ] ♪ hello? boo! i am the ghost of meals past. when you don't use new pam, this is what you get. residue? i prefer food-based phantasm, food-tasm. poultry-geist works too if you used chicken. [ laughs ] resi-doodle-doo. [ female announcer ] bargain brand cooking spray can leave...
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and also political columnist for "time" magazine, joe klein. and jon meachum and sam stein also back on set. i just got -- on my iphone, i got a breaking news alert. "new york times" breaking news, vick cram pandit steps down as chief executive of citigroup. michael door bet to take over. we will be talking about that in business before the bell in about 15 minutes. that is a fascinating shakeup. i didn't hear that was coming. >> your reading that is the firps i heard of t get brian sullivan on in a few minutes, have him give us the how and why on that. >> dig into t hey, joe klein, important question, are you going to see crosby, sometimes & nash when they play at the beacon? >> i like to listen to their album, came out in 1969, spotty, great. i bought that the same time i bought santana's first album. >> they are great. fantastic. >> harmonies hard to replicate on a live stage, i'm just warning you about that. >> okay. i have seen them. they are great. we need too get them on to talk about your political writing. hard to replicate on tv. >> i
and also political columnist for "time" magazine, joe klein. and jon meachum and sam stein also back on set. i just got -- on my iphone, i got a breaking news alert. "new york times" breaking news, vick cram pandit steps down as chief executive of citigroup. michael door bet to take over. we will be talking about that in business before the bell in about 15 minutes. that is a fascinating shakeup. i didn't hear that was coming. >> your reading that is the firps i heard...
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joe klein. joe, we all have different opinions about this. the reviews are more mixed. it's sort of a split decision. what's your take on what you saw last night? >> you know, i like biden a lot better when he was pitching than when he was catching, you know, when he was talking rather than when he was listening. i thought that on the substance of it, he really nailed ryan awful lot of times but when you look at it, this debate showed the weaknesses of both parties. on the republican side, they are pedalling snake oil. on the democratic side, they are peddling from an empty pack and ryan's most effective moments were when he pointed out that biden didn't have any answers on a lot of issues. biden's most effective moments was when he pointed out that ryan's answers were nonsense. so in that sense i thought it was a draw. biden was more passionate, more real. ryan was a little geeky, i thought. >> what are you talking about? he did these strings of statistics that were mind numbing without any humanity intervening. >> oh, my god, the facts. come on, man. >> biden had an a
joe klein. joe, we all have different opinions about this. the reviews are more mixed. it's sort of a split decision. what's your take on what you saw last night? >> you know, i like biden a lot better when he was pitching than when he was catching, you know, when he was talking rather than when he was listening. i thought that on the substance of it, he really nailed ryan awful lot of times but when you look at it, this debate showed the weaknesses of both parties. on the republican...
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brzezinski. >> joe klein? >> you're from ohio. >> yeah. >> could you tell us why -- >> very observe anlt. >> that's why they pay me the medium size bucks. >> but could you tell us why ohio has been such a heavy lift in this election? classically a conservative state. why is mitt romney having such a problem here? >> barack obama won this state five years ago by five points. last year democrats had a pretty good year last year with union issue, kept organizers on the ground. we had a tough primary. president didn't. democrats got a head start on us. what's happened in the last few weeks is amazing, going from five to six points down in ohio to being dead even. momentum is great. i've never seen as much enthusiasm on the ground. o we made three times more phone calls, 25 times more door knocks than in 2008. i think momentum is on our side right now. >> but you still have to deal with the fact that most people in ohio, you've spent more time there, and you have chevy being built there. >> we're happy in ohio, the
brzezinski. >> joe klein? >> you're from ohio. >> yeah. >> could you tell us why -- >> very observe anlt. >> that's why they pay me the medium size bucks. >> but could you tell us why ohio has been such a heavy lift in this election? classically a conservative state. why is mitt romney having such a problem here? >> barack obama won this state five years ago by five points. last year democrats had a pretty good year last year with union issue,...
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klein here. also, tom brokaw will be one of our many guests. it's going to be morning of a thousand stars as we break down tonight's vice presidential debate tomorrow. straight ahead, we've got new swing state polls out in florida, in ohio, in virginia, in colorado, in wisconsin, and in all 57 states. keep it right here on "morning joe." >>> good morning. it's 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 a.m. on the west coast. time to wake up as you take a live look at new york city. back with us on set, we have steve schmidt. >> he's great. >> steve ratner. >> he's a fip inancier. >> and in danville, kentucky, mark halperin. >> he's in kentucky. so, mika, turning to the numbers now, this race couldn't be any closer. what would dan say? it's a tick on -- what kind of dog? >> what would who say? oh, dan rather. >> not dan seymour. >> it's hot as aat tick on a do. wait. this race is as tight as a tick on a texas terrier. take us through the polls. >> we have to bring him in for some of those. >> dan rather, could
klein here. also, tom brokaw will be one of our many guests. it's going to be morning of a thousand stars as we break down tonight's vice presidential debate tomorrow. straight ahead, we've got new swing state polls out in florida, in ohio, in virginia, in colorado, in wisconsin, and in all 57 states. keep it right here on "morning joe." >>> good morning. it's 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 a.m. on the west coast. time to wake up as you take a live look at new york city. back...